Dicharax mutatus (Godwin-Austen, 1876)

Fig. 38F–J

Alycaeus mutatus Godwin-Austen, 1876: 177–178, pl. 7 figs 11, 11a.

Alycaeus (Dicharax) mutatus – Kobelt 1902: 373–374. — Gude 1921: 260–261.

Alycaeus mutatus – Godwin-Austen 1914: 357, pl. 145 figs 9, 9a.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) mutatus – Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 63.

Type material examined

INDIA • 9 syntypes (Fig. 38F–J); Toruputu Peak, Dafla Hills; Godwin-Austen coll.; NHMUK 1903.7.1.2495 .

Type locality

“On Torúpútú, Tánir, and Shengorh Peaks, at 6–7000 feet elevation, in the dead leaves and moss about the roots of the forest”.

Differential diagnosis

Dicharax spatiosus is larger, has a longer R2, a more elevated main R3 swelling, and a clearer distinction between the inner and outer peristomes. For differences with the most similar species, D. bifrons, see under that species.